How I Dodge Zombies, And You Can Too!

[Gravelsack 3]

Hi, I just wanted to share the methods I use to escape the Infected. It works (nearly) every time!

-Never go prone. If you are aggroed while prone you will get hit while you try to stand up and start running.

-Always know which building you are going to run to. Pick a 'safe house' and use it. Make sure it as two entrances, If one is facing the woods, that's even better. Big buildings work better than little buildings.

-If you even suspect you might have aggro, sprint to your safe house.

-as soon as you enter the safe house, switch to crouch run

-crouch run out the back, and then straightline it away from the building. The goal here is to put maximum distance between you and the zed. Once you're out of their vision range, you're home free.

-if you are being chased and cannot find a good building, you can use a fenced in area instead. Just sprint up to the fence, vault over, switch to crouch run and get out of vision distance. The zed get all caught up on the fence and you get away.

[Epidemic (DayZ) 8]

Good tips, I actually use these myself too.

[[email protected] 3]

I also use these and vouch for the efficacy.

One addition, don't try to switch weapons while you run either.

[Gravelsack 3]

Also, Whiskey bottles are your friend. I like to have one on me at all times. You can use them to get zombies out of the buildings. Just throw it near the entrance so they hear it and they'll start wandering around and eventually wander outside.

[Blackout1050 0]

-if you are being chased and cannot find a good building' date=' you can use a fenced in area instead. Just sprint up to the fence, vault over, switch to crouch run and get out of vision distance. The zed get all caught up on the fence and you get away.

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I usually get slapped while i'm vaulting over the fence and when i finally do, the zombies just teleport through them -___________- <---- not amused at this feature for zombies.

[Gravelsack 3]

I usually get slapped while i'm vaulting over the fence and when i finally do' date=' the zombies just teleport through them -___________- <---- not amused at this feature for zombies.

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Yeah, it's not perfect, but it's good for an emergency.

[Dr. Fever 7]

Good constructive first post.

[Gravelsack 3]

I played with a group of guys today (thanks Shadow and...the russian guy, you guys were awesome!) and they didn't seem to know how to LOS the zed. They were shooting every single one, so I'm replying to this post so that it makes it back up top for others to read.

[rickenbacker 190]

If there's a hill nearby, run at an angle up it (so that you don't slow down), then when the zombies are a ways up the slope, run straight down it. They'll run so fast that they fall off the hill and kill themselves. Only works on walkers, though, but you can outrun the rest.